Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.

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About Marilyn Ferguson

Marilyn Ferguson (April 5, 1938 – October 19, 2008) was an American author, editor and public speaker known for her 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, which is connected with the New Age Movement.

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All important advances are sudden intuitions, new ways of seeing. We have not fully recognized this process of leaping ahead, however, in part because textbooks tend to tame revolutions, whether cultural or scientific. They describe the advances as if they had been logical in their day, not at all shocking.

—Marilyn Ferguson

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Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.